Barefoot shoes…

The problem with barefoot shoes, is that now I have my first pair I don’t like any of my others. So now I need to replace them all. As the barefoot equivalents seem to be largely double the price, that’s a bit of a pain.

Which brand?  Vivo do a resole and repair service

barefoot equivalents seem to be largely double the price

Someone on stw recommended Freet shoes, I can’t remember who but whoever it was I am very grateful indeed.

Not only do Freet shoes start from a reasonable price in the first place but they have a huge amount of special offers which makes them very affordable.

Over a period of about one month I bought three different pairs. Not only are they more sensibly priced than my Xero shoes but they look better too imo. And they stay looking nice and pristine

Offers

Edit: If you are not buying shoes on special offers you can get a 10% discount from the code in Anyas review:

https://anyasreviews.com/freet-barefoot-shoes-review/

Zero are on sportpursuit frequently for a massive discount.  I like their sandals, not tried their shoes

My first pair of Xero I would like but I bought a size too small (but only for my big toe).

My 2nd pair are okay, fit well, but I have to be careful walking wet streets as the grip is useless on wet pavements (or rocks anything). The tread pattern consists of spaced out chevrons – not very good for flat pedals with pins either as there’s always one bit of the tread putting pressure on my foot.

Cheers Ernie for the link to freet offers, decided to get the Richmond for the office at work.

I wouldn’t got back to regular non-barefoot foot-squashing shoes now. I sometimes peruse the shoes in the supermarkets in the hope of finding a bargain but the shape of them is absolute garbage – a rectangle with a rounded triangle for toe box.

Went for a barefoot walk on the beach today on lunchbreak, did a 10 minute barefoot run last week. Barefoot in the garden to do a bit of ‘movement’ exercise last weekend. Definitely a barefoot convert, going to be seeing how far toward winter I can keep doing things like this for.

Not quite ready to walk the streets barefoot due to dogshit broken glass and social pressure haha.